A silence like no other filled the entire surroundings as if declaring to be heard as contradictory as that sounds. The hurricane and arrows were still going but they had no voice, silenced indefinitely.
A whisper followed but with how quiet it was, everyone heard it. I could feel how on alert they were and the fear that sinked in to all three of them bit by bit.
"Sunset Slash."
My Special Attack, nature's dominator. As I launched the single vertical strike, the hurricane surrounding me was absorbed in it and every arrow that was launched from every direction was cut in half. I directed the attack to Harold, he responded by shouting out...
"Sh-shield!" And multiple layers of magic barriers appeared infront of him but it was all in vain as all of them were broken and cut in half simultaneously as if each was hit with its own slash and his entire body was also split in half, head to toe. I could've cut down both him and Niel simultaneously regardless of where they both were but I left Niel out on purpose. Thought it was about time I showed them what real coercion looks like. As Harold's body fell down and his right and left side went their separate ways, gravity started to do its thing and my body fell down since there was no more hurricane. So I wasn't about to miss that chance and did a superhero landing.
~Bam!~
"Dang, I'm good."
"M...m-m-monster! W-what are you!? Are you even really an F-Rank!? Are you even h-h-human!!? Impossible! This is impossible! Brother! Brother Zeke!! Run!!! You're strong, stronger than all of us but I'm sorry, even you can't beat this guy."
See? Now that's what real coercion looks like. Yeah the trick is to make sure they're scared shitless, like, constipation level shitless.
"Th-this guy, no this...this demon! He even looked back me and smiled as he was launching that final attack! He could've easily taken me out as he did Harold but he didn't! He's toying with us! Please! Run brother Zeke!! This guy, he's not norm-kargh!"
"Man, don't you ever shut uup!? Jeez."
I had quickly appeared in front of him before he even notice then had my blade make its way through his stomach. If I'm being honest, this was starting to get boring.
"H-how did y-"
"Simple, I'm just that fast."
"You....demon..." He said as he clenched his fist on my jacket.
~Thump~
He fell, I didn't see anything special about his arrows and bow so I left them alone. I then approached the corpse of the Mage Harold, his staff had three gemstones attached to it and they exuded some magical energy. The staff itself was made of seemingly special wood so I put the whole thing in my Item Space.
Still though, I couldn't shake the feeling that I was forgetting something, I looked around and there it was. Erh...uh...I-I mean uh...th-there he was. Yeah that's what I meant, I-I'm not some inconsiderate bastard who thinks of people as insignificant objects, please believe me.
Anyway...
"What was your name again? Zeke Reinhardt? Okay loo-"
"S-stay away from me!" He fell flat on his ass and started crawling backward while reaching out his hand signalling me to stop approaching him, but I wasn't about to listen.
"Yeah, I don't think I'll do that. You saw it all didn't you? You're the strongest in you party, right?. So you should be able to understand that regardless of how strong you are, you wouldn't have been able to do what I just did. You tried to make me your prey. To your surprise, your prey turns predator and now you wanna run on back home with your tail tucked between your legs like the cowardly dog you are. You think I'll let off that easily?"
"N-n-no please, please don't kill me! I-I'll do anything!"
"Anything? Alright then gimme that armour and sword."
"O-okay! Here, take it. Take it all. It's all yours."
He took off his sword along with all his armour and threw it all down leaving him with the clothes he had underneath. I then teleported it all in my Item Space. He looked a little intrigued as to how I could make things disappear in the form of blue pixels like that but I guessed he was a bit too occupied with his desire to survive to pry any further.
"G-good. Now will you let me go?" He asked.
"Let you go? I never said anything about letting you go."
"W-what!? No, no but we had a deal!"
"Erh...no we didn't, you just said you'd do anything. Beyond me for what but I justsaw an opportunity and went like 'Well fuck it, since he's so cooperative, I might as well have his armour and what not', feel me? You're the one who fooled yourself into believing whatever bull you made up in your mind."
"You...you trickster! Do you know who I am!? Do you know who my father is!? The Head of the Reinhardt family, Guildmaster of the Helios Guild!"
"Ooh, scary"
"I'm serious! If you kill me, he won't stop until he has your head delivered to him on a silver platter, not just you even, all you friends and family too!"
"Then I guess I'll have to take down your whole family and guild too, right?"
"You, what did you just?.... Bastard. Bastard! How dare you look down on my guild, on my family! I'll kill you!"
He jumped at me in an attempt to punch me. I responded by decapitating him.
"How annoying. Now then. I initially just wanted to come here for mining, but I gotta say, I'm feeling amped right now. Let's see, shall I...try and actually clear this Dungeon? Heh."
[Report. Advancements in the Subject's overall Warrior info have been detected as a result of recent actions.]
"Result of recent actions? I would've expected it to say something about a Hidden Quest but it seems the System doesn't acknowledge fights among Warriors as a Quest of any kind, rather it seems it acknowledges them as something akin to training, makes sense, I don't think the System would straight up appluad fights among Warriors since we're all supposed to work together to deal with the Dungeons but it wouldn't necessarily ban them either since it seems like it wants to establish freedom."
[Now calculating advancements...]
"Alright, let's see what we have...!"
[Item Space Skill has advanced from C-Rank to B-Rank. Weapon Fanatic's Sub-Skill Bladework's effects on the Subject's Stats have increased. Effect on Strength has increased by 300. Effect on Speed has increased by 400. Effect on Health has increased by 200 and effect on Intelligence has increased by 200. Now redesigning the effects of the A-Rank Bladework Sub-Skill on the Subject...]
A-Rank Bladework Sub-Skill: Effects When Active
• Strength +700
• Speed +900
• Health +500
• Intelligence +500
[Furthermore, Mana Capacity has increased by 300. Strength has increased by 100. Speed has increased by 150. Health has increased by 120 and Intelligence has increased by 110.]
[Now redesigning overall Warrior info...]
Name: Raid
Surname: ???
Affiliation: Awakened Warrior
Class: Blacksmith
Skills:
• Craft D-Rank : Can craft high level equipment, weapons and amour from scratch as long as the necessary products to do so are present.
• Repair D-Rank: Can fix broken equipment, weapons and amour.
• Weapon Fanatic C-Rank: Possesses an expert level of understanding of how various weapons operate, including how to use them in battle.
•• Bladework A-Rank: Possesses an apex level of mastery with blades.
••• Sunset Slash: A very powerful slash with the power to bend nature to its will.
• Treasure Hunt B-Rank: Can expertly locate mines with products and minerals for crafting within a 1200 kilometre radius. Tip: Mines found in dungeons have the best products.
• Mine D-Rank: Can masterfully mine products and minerals for crafting.
• Item Space B-Rank: Massive space to store equipment, weapons, armoury, products, minerals, etc...
Rank: F
Level: Locked
Mana Capacity: 3801
Strength: 1035
Speed: 1200
Health: 1092
Intelligence: 1139
"....wow."